Midpack
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Stumbled on this as part of my research into relocating, thought it might be of interest to others. Top & bottom 3:
1) Wyoming
2) Nebraska
3) North Dakota
48) Michigan
49) Illinois
50) California
See other states for yourself Best and Worst Run States in America — An Analysis Of All 50 - 24/7 Wall St.
1) Wyoming
2) Nebraska
3) North Dakota
48) Michigan
49) Illinois
50) California
See other states for yourself Best and Worst Run States in America — An Analysis Of All 50 - 24/7 Wall St.
Methodology
24/7 Wall St. considered data from a number of sources, including Standard & Poor’s, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Tax Foundation, Realty Trac, The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Conference of State Legislators. The Bureau of Labor Statistics provided unemployment data, Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s provided credit ratings for all 50 states. The Tax Foundation provided state debt per capita for the fiscal year 2009. The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report provided violent crime rates by state. Realty Trac provided foreclosure rates. A significant amount of the data we used came from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Data from ACS included percentage below the poverty line, high school completion for those 25 and older, median household income, percentage of the population without health insurance and the change in occupied home values from 2006 to 2010. These are the values we used in our survey. Once we reviewed the sources and compiled the final metrics, we ranked each state based on its performance in all the categories.